Repression

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of repressing or the state of being repressed.
  • n. Psychology The unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, desires, or fears from the conscious mind.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of repressing; state of being repressed.
  • n. The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of repressing, or state of being repressed.
  • n. That which represses; check; restraint.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of repressing, restraining, or subduing: as, the repression of tumults.
  • n. That which represses; check; restraint.
  • n. Power of repressing.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a state of forcible subjugation
  • n. (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
  • n. the act of repressing; control by holding down
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    subjection    subjugation    defense    defence reaction    defence mechanism   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    check    restraint    suppression    crucifixion    mortification   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hessian    accession    aggression    compression    concession   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    coercion    suppression    oppression    persecution    restraint   
     
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